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City Will Not Use Any Art From City Sticker Contest
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Friday, March 25, 2011
While we think it's CRIMINAL to have Guided By Voices play before Animal Collective, we're still happy the Ohio-based stalwarts have been added to the Pitchfork Music Festival bill. Other notable additions include ex-Hideout bartender Neko Case and Chrissy Murderbot's juke to be reckoned with. We admit we weren't toally stoked about the line-up for the festival, taking place in Union Park from July 15 through 17, but now we're ready to head out and save a prime seat on the lawn right now! Tickets for each day are still available, though three-day passes are sold out.
Around the world in 24 days and 2000 pictures ... let's take a trip!
We've heard NPR is turning into quite the juggernaut when it comes to promoting music, but now they're causing people to create bands too? The Broken West's Ross Flournoy entered an online songwriting contest sponsored by Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix blog for NPR and the end result was the driving guitar pop of "Under The Gun" and the formation of Apex Manor. His debut, The Year Of Magical Drinking fleshes out the skeleton laid by "Under The Gun" with nine other tunes ranging from fuzzy to friendly to simply delicate.
Quite possibly the most unassuming of Chicago’s 2011 Bib Gourmand restaurants also touts one of the zestiest, most vibrant menus. Taste of Peru, in Rogers Park, has been a Chicago favorite and Peruvian staple for nearly half a decade. Taste of Peru has a distinctly Peruvian menu with fresh seafood and meat entrees, and is well worth the trip to the far north side.
After earning a draw against FC Dallas, the Chicago Fire's MLS home opener is tomorrow against Sporting Kansas City (3 p.m., WPWR-TV Ch. 50, WXFT Telefutura Ch. 60). In his preview of the 2011 Fire, Ben took a cautiously optimistic approach to this team. The Fire's introduction video (below) is another matter entirely. They're using some of that Black Swan score and beautifully edited footage to indicate they think the sky's the limit for this squad.
While so many restaurants come and go, there are some neighborhood eateries that never seem to go out of style. Whether it is a popular menu of quality food or familiar and friendly faces in the seats and behind the counter, consistency and innovation are the keys to survival. Serving patrons since 1994, Andersonville’s A Taste of Heaven is a survivor. Good food, friendly staff, and a loyal following have made it a popular neighborhood destination and one of the gems of North Clark Street.
If, on Monday night, you were to gaze up at the final building in the Cabrini-Green project left to be demolished, and saw hundreds of winking lights, you'd be well within your rights to ask the disembodied Yahoo Answers in your head: "Hey, what are all these winking lights doing in the last Cabrini-Green building left to be demolished?"
If you had any doubts that mixology has become a lofty subject as of late (and, depending how you feel about it, that's for better or for worse), you must not have known that it's currently being practiced in space.
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Look, we all appreciate street art. Even 1st Ward Ald. Proco Joe Moreno, the new go-to graffiti blasting quotesman, has said it’s not street art qua street art he’s against, it’s the destruction of property aspect of it all. Whatever. If arting on a wall is destroying it, we have bigger problems. The fact is, Chicago’s infamous war on graffiti has only entrenched this city’s street art credentials. The biggest threat to street art is street art itself. Gimmicky and hypocritical marketing techniques, like those used this week by the Maxwell Colette Gallery and Pawn Works to pump up tonight’s Gaia show, aren’t just taking the “street” out of street art, they’re taking away the fun.
We've always been amazed at the number of chefs with food-themed tattoos, and the sheer amount of awesomeness contained in those tattoos. Apparently, others have noticed too. The National Restaurant Association, as part of the run-up to its upcoming show at McCormick Place in May, is collecting "Kitchen Ink" - the best chef's tattoos. We present a selection of them for your viewing pleasure. Many of these are from Chicago chefs. NRA is still looking for contributions, so if any chefs are reading this, send in your tats now! Or, if you have an interesting food tattoo, send a picture to us and we might feature it in an upcoming gallery!
We were able to sit down with author David Sirota and ask some questions about the ideas behind his new book Back To Our Future: How The 1980's Explain Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything.
Two University of Chicago grad students are offering a $10,000 reward and set up a hotline for clues to locate the Chicago Police officers they allege beat them in the parking lot of Arturo's Tacos in Bucktown last year. Matthew Clark and Gregory Malandrucco claim in a lawsuit that they were beaten after Malandrucco accidentally bumped into one of the officers while putting on his coat to leave the restaurant. Malandrucco and Clark found the cops waiting for them in the parking lot, where they were kicked and punched so severely they had to seek medical attention. One officer allegedly punched Clark as he was trying to make a 911 call to report the incident and other policemen who responded to the incident reportedly told the two to let it drop.
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